τροχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰrogʰos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (whence τρέχω (trekhō, “I run”). Cognates include Old Irish droch, and Old Armenian դուրգն (durgn, “potter's wheel”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /trokʰós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /trokʰós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /troxós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /troxós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /tɾoxós/

Noun

τροχός (genitive τροχοῦ) m, second declension; (trokhos)

1. wheel
2. hoop, ring
3. island
4. perimeter
5. running course
6. race
7. runner
8. badger

Inflection

Second declension of τροχός, τροχοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τροχός	τροχώ	τροχοί
Genitive	τροχοῦ	τροχοῖν	τροχῶν
Dative	τροχῷ	τροχοῖν	τροχοῖς
Accusative	τροχόν	τροχώ	τροχούς
Vocative	τροχέ	τροχώ	τροχοί

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Strong’s concordance number: G5164